20 dollars principle

It was just another those night: a lot of people waiting at the bar to buy beers and we didn’t have enough staff. Two young men came to the bar and bought two beers. I gave them the beers with changes and said “who is next?”. But these two young men didn’t want to move and said to me “I gave you $50 not $20. You own me $20″. Even I was very busy but I did have a clear mind. I was pretty sure they didn’t give me $50. They just tried to take advantage of me at the busy time. I told them very firmly that they gave me $20 dollars. They still didn’t want to move. So I let my supervisor know what had happened. We didn’t have camera at the bar and very hard to check what they gave me so they can say whatever amount they want. My supervisor get them to move to the corner of the bar and talked to them so I can continue to server to other customers.

When I had a break. I asked a workmate: “What do you do if it happened to you?”. His answer was: “I will just give them $20 to keep the things simple.” But for me , it is not about 20 dollars, it is about my principle. I hate people taking advantage of me. I don’t know how my supervisor deal with this issue, maybe she just gave them the 20 dollars.